Bye Bye Poo

SBlizzardRob

So, I jumped on the cleanse bandwagon by doing the 10 day green smoothie challenge. I figured it would be a healthy option because it was actual food. The book contained 10 recipes (greens, fruit, flax seed) and you have the smoothie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and healthy snacks in between (boiled eggs, raw nuts, crunchy veggies and fruit). This sounded safe and healthy enough but since I've been off, Ive gained the weight back and cannot poop without assistance of a laxative or something. I don't know what to do, but I have learned my lesson.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

So rather than go to the doctor for frequent constipation, you do a cleanse.

Right.

prattiger65

Sorry to hear this. However, I think you will recover in time. Fiber and fats to get things moving. Also lots of water. Laxatives if you need them. Go to the doc if things don't change in a couple of weeks. That's my .02 anyway.

sjohnny

Can the mods make this thread a sticky so we can refer to it whenever someone makes another thread asking about cleanses?


ETA: LOL at "sticky" in the context of this thread.

prattiger65

So rather than go to the doctor for frequent constipation, you do a cleanse.

Right.

While I agree that cleanses are bad juju, reread the OP, he didn't get stopped up until after the cleanse. He learned his lesson, no flogging necessary.

prattiger65

Can the mods make this thread a sticky so we can refer to it whenever someone makes another thread asking about cleanses?


ETA: LOL at "sticky" in the context of this thread.

Lol....I had the same thought....about the sticky that is.

Madame_Goldbricker

Urgh! Nightmare! Yeah agree on the fats & fibre to 'move things along'. Be careful on not becoming reliant on the laxatives either though as they can bring on their own lot of trouble. Go see your GP if things don't resolve themselves soon.

SKME2013

While not advocating a juice cleanse I am nevertheless surprised by this. It is not that you ate nothing and were drinking only juice? You ot fibre and you ate nuts, veggies and fruits? For how many days did you have this problem? I am very itneresting in finding out what caused it.

Hope it gets better soon.
Stef.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

So rather than go to the doctor for frequent constipation, you do a cleanse.

Right.

While I agree that cleanses are bad juju, reread the OP, he didn't get stopped up until after the cleanse. He learned his lesson, no flogging necessary.

Yes, yes I misread.

I concur, make this a sticky.

GertrudeHorse

1. Increase your water intake (if it is low to begin with then increase significantly).
2. Eat more fruit and veggies, especially those high in fibre.
3. Ensure you are getting enough fat in your diet.
4. If the above doesn't work then take actual laxatives.
5. Rinse and repeat.

Serah87

Sometimes in life we have to pay for the things we do. Good luck. :flowerforyou:

jofjltncb6

Well, at least you got rid of the toxins, right?

(Any chance you could name one of them you got rid of? No? Dammit.)



But seriously, I hope things get moving better for you. Try blending some high quality butter and MCT or coconut oil into some coffee. The increased fats and the coffee can do amazing things for some people's regularity.

FlabFighter86

You really don't want to go down the laxative route too often.
Figs and all-bran over 2 days should help. Drink plenty of water, especially if you have been taking laxatives. You need fluid.
Really hope you feel better soon.

N3rdyBird_

I had this happen, If you switched back to normal foods after the cleans it sends a shock to your system and that is why you're all backed up. After a juice cleanse, even just a ten day one, you need to slowly work food back in. In other words sticking to a leafy green raw food diet and adding other things each day.

Now for the constipation aspect, there are options that don't include taking a laxative.
1. Buy some prunes and soak a few of them in water over night. Then eat the prunes the next morning and drink a lot of water.
2. DRINK A BUNCH OF WATER
3. Make some tea, cut up a lemon into quarters and juice them lemon into the tea. After letting the tea steep for a while, 20-30 minutes, drink the tea (I suggest reheating it also). Adding honey also helps.
5. Chia seeds mixed in water and add flavor of your choice, chia seeds when added to water have a the consistency of pudding) fyi, and eat that. Again, with plenty of water

You should only reply upon a laxative if you are experiencing cramps. If not your body will regulate it's self and the laxatives will only hamper that process.

Things that will not help you right now

Process foods
Over cooked veggies
Sugars
and Eggs

ihad

Can the mods make this thread a sticky so we can refer to it whenever someone makes another thread asking about cleanses?


ETA: LOL at "sticky" in the context of this thread.

This is an excellent idea.

Sbrn_

*cough*verystrongblackcoffee*cough*

ndj1979

how is a green smoothie cleanse 'actual food'

OP - good luck dislodging the crap out of your intestines….I assume the pain will be similar to giving birth ….

FitnSassy

Drink some Smooth Move herbal tea.

jmhoracek

Kombucha can also be very helpful --lots of different kinds are available in the organic area of most groceries.

MaryJane_8810002

have you tried psyllium husk powder aka metamucil? That should help you regulate.

Cranquistador

Well, at least you got rid of the toxins, right?

(Any chance you could name one of them you got rid of? No? Dammit.)



But seriously, I hope things get moving better for you. Try blending some high quality butter and MCT or coconut oil into some coffee. The increased fats and the coffee can do amazing things for some people's regularity.

the everlasting toxic name quest.

kmclauchlanquinn

Jeez there are some judgey people here...and not necessarily informed ones. A green smoothie IS food. For example, a green smoothie may contain: lots of spinach and kale, pineapple, berries, cucumber, nuts and seeds, coconut water etc...How is this not food? Full of fibre, vitamins and protein.

dweat62

It was probably caused by her intestines not having to work to break down food for ten days and then BAM! Back to a solid food diet out of nowhere.
If you do a liquid/juice cleanse, detox, whatever, go back to a normal diet slowly by adding one solid meal every few days back into your diet or else your intestines will not know what to do when it has solid food in it and result in constipation.

ndj1979

Jeez there are some judgey people here...and not necessarily informed ones. A green smoothie IS food. For example, a green smoothie may contain: lots of spinach and kale, pineapple, berries, cucumber, nuts and seeds, coconut water etc...How is this not food? Full of fibre, vitamins and protein.

coconut water counts as real food?

IMO "real food" is something that is solid and you chew….

dweat62

But when it is blended up into oblivion, the intestines don't have to work nearly as hard so they basically forget how to digest.

kmclauchlanquinn

Jeez there are some judgey people here...and not necessarily informed ones. A green smoothie IS food. For example, a green smoothie may contain: lots of spinach and kale, pineapple, berries, cucumber, nuts and seeds, coconut water etc...How is this not food? Full of fibre, vitamins and protein.

coconut water counts as real food?

IMO "real food" is something that is solid and you chew….

apart from coconut water, what else is not food. You do know the difference between smoothie and juice? Don't be embarrassed if you don't. With a smoothie, you still masticate and the whole food is included.

kmclauchlanquinn

But when it is blended up into oblivion, the intestines don't have to work nearly as hard so they basically forget how to digest.

I eat green smoothies every day and my bowel movements are great. My husband has started having them too and his digestive system is now far more efficient.

The trick is not to blend "into oblivion", just blend to light chunks.

It is an awesome way of getting a whole lot of greens into your diet which is HEALTHY.

dweat62

Jeez there are some judgey people here...and not necessarily informed ones. A green smoothie IS food. For example, a green smoothie may contain: lots of spinach and kale, pineapple, berries, cucumber, nuts and seeds, coconut water etc...How is this not food? Full of fibre, vitamins and protein.

It's also blended into oblivion to a point where the intestines do not need to work nearly as hard. So maybe you are the misinformed one.
Take in basically predigested food for ten days and expect a system to just be able to get right back to work when solid food runs through it again. Not going to happen.
And fruits and greens are hardly full of protein. Nuts and seeds are low on that scale as well.

jofjltncb6

But when it is blended up into oblivion, the intestines don't have to work nearly as hard so they basically forget how to digest.

I'm about as anti-cleanse as they get...

...but I don't believe this is true.

kmclauchlanquinn

hahaha! check protein in spinach man...you're the misinformed one. No one said anything about blending into oblivion. Check yourself.

sjohnny

But when it is blended up into oblivion, the intestines don't have to work nearly as hard so they basically forget how to digest.

So what you're saying is that your intestines should take ginkgo biloba if you're doing a cleanse to help their memory.